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Back in Queens, in the enclosed gravel courtyard outside P.S. 1, there is a large work by Yoko Ono. Yes, that Yoko Ono. Freight Train, 1999, consists of an actual railway freight car on a short length of track, pocked all over with what look like bullet holes. Hidden speakers emit strange ululations, clicks and keenings, sounds that approach the haunted music of Noh plays but fall short of melody as Westerners customarily think...
...piece is overexplained by a title card from Ono that calls it, among other things, an "atonement" for the sufferings of the 20th century, a syntactical slipknot that implies that she inflicted them. Never mind--she's not the first person to remind you that the sentimentality of the hip New York City art world can make Norman Rockwell look like Voltaire. What matters is that this bullet-riddled freight car has a rough force. With its big steel undercarriage and its wounded sides, it has the injured presence of a Spanish bull. Its weeping tonnage can speak...
...began to publish SCREW magazine, almost six years before Hustler emerged on the adult literature scene. SCREW, a once nationally published magazine which will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year, prides itself on its political satire and raunchy photos. SCREW has published interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Jack Nicholson and other stars (though most are preceded by the prefix porn). However, SCREW’s true claim to fame is its willingness to push the limits of printed pornography. Its best-selling issue was in 1973 when it printed nude photos of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis...
...website’s purported aim is understandably questionable for Harvard faculty. “This apparently commercial site mocks the distinguished history of those anti-war protesters, such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who have dramatically contrasted warfare’s intentional wounding with the generous sharing inherent in love and sexuality,” says Brian C. W. Palmer, Lecturer on the Study of Religion and course head for the popular Religion 1528: “Globalization and Human Values...
...Freestyle: 1. Chang 5:02.97. 200 Breaststoke: Humphries 2:25.02. 200 Backstroke: 1. Ono 2:10.82, 2. Walter 2:11.21. 100 Freestyle: 1. Linsermann, 54:32. Three-Meter Diving: 2. Paradise 321.44. 50 Freestyle: 1. Ward 24.32. 200 Butterfly: 2. Stapleton 2:08.63. 100 Breaststroke: 1. De Benedetto 1:06.92. 100 Backstroke: 1. Bright 1:00.06, 2. Ono 1:01.17. 200 Freestyle: 1. Ward...